Why the study?
Are there gender differences in risk factors, stroke subtype, severity, and management among patients with ischemic stroke?
Are there gender differences in risk factors, stroke subtype, severity, and management among patients with ischemic stroke?
This meta-analysis highlights significant gender disparities in ischemic stroke, with women having different risk factor profiles and being less likely to receive evidence-based treatments like tPA, statins, and antiplatelets compared to men.
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Clinicians should scrutinize sex disparities in ischemic stroke therapy delivery; confirms undertreatment of women in pooled evidence.
Giralt et al. (2011) studied this question.